Green heron

[A.M.D.A.]

Yesterday morning.
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Camera: PENTAX *ist D
Lens: SMC PENTAX-A* 300mm F4 lens (MF-only)
Other equipment: TIFFEN 77mm Haze-1 filter, TAMRON-F AF MC7 2x TC, Canon Monopod 100
Aperture: F2 (Real aperture approx F9.5. TC messes numbers)
Shutter-speed: 1/500 second
ISO: 400
Focal length: 600mm (35mm equiv = 900mm)
Focus: Manual
Shooting mode: Aperture-Priority
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Thanks for looking.

[AgingEyes]

I think one day I should start looking for them myself

Good post. A bit too bright though.

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks for the reply, AE.

[CaraRose]

They really are quite pretty birds.

[mn shutterbug]

They are some cool looking birds. Nice capture.

[SARtech]

"BAM!" "Eye popping lushous" hehee
We have them at the terminal but they are always either too far away or it's too dark in the marsh where they hang out.

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks for the comments, everyone.

[Eric D]

Love those Green Herons. Those guys are all over the place here by my house.
Nice capture and pose. As AE mentioned looks a tad to bright but still a fine shot!.

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks very much, Eric.

[jetrim]

Great composition on this shot, very clean. Always had a warm spot in my heart for the "lesser known" herons - the green, the tricolor and the various crested night herons, all very cool to see in the wild

[Falconermx]

As Usuall , Great shot my friend , very nice effect with that background

Best Regards

Falconermx

[A.M.D.A.]

Thank you, Falconermx.

[paulnj]

Very nice pose.

I too think it's a bit bright and contrasty, but that can easily be fixed

[Mimi111]

Very nice!

I'm loving all these birds.

Almost makes me want to go look for some.

[A.M.D.A.]

Thank you Paul and Mimi111, Paul thanks for the suggestion also.

Almost makes me want to go look for some.

So why don't you?

[SenorNikonMan]

Personally I really like the bird itself but I find the background to be a little hard on the eyes. Maybe it's just me, but when I look at the picture the background actually hurts my eyes a bit. Did you photo-shop it? If you did, maybe you can try a different effect to blur the background. Something to make it softer.

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions!

The only thing I did to the background was to clone out a small branch. I did hike up the contrast/saturation from the original, though, as it was very "flat".